US wholesale inventories revised up in boost to second-quarter GDP

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. wholesale inventories were unchanged in May after declining for two straight months, suggesting inventory investment could support economic growth in the second quarter. The Commerce Department said on Monday that wholesale inventories were unchanged instead of dipping 0.1% as previously reported last month. Stocks at wholesalers fell 0.3% in April. Economists polled…

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Rash of shark attacks reported in New York over July 4 weekend

(This July 5 story has been corrected to fix the director’s name in paragraph 3) By Rachel Nostrant NEW YORK (Reuters) – Four shark attacks were reported off the coast of New York’s Long Island over the holiday weekend, extending a recent spike in such encounters in state waters, but authorities said the victims suffered…

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US House oversight panel asks Fed’s Powell for SVB documents

(Reuters) – The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee on Monday asked Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to hand over confidential documents related to the central bank’s supervision of failed Silicon Valley Bank. Committee chair James Comer, in a letter to Powell published on the panel’s website, also asked for documents related to Fed…

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Iran accuses U.S. Navy of defending fuel smuggling in Gulf incident

DUBAI (Reuters) – An Iranian Revolutionary Guards Commander accused the U.S. Navy on Monday of defending fuel smuggling in the Gulf by trying to interfere when Iran intercepted a ship last week. “On July 6th, Revolutionary Guards’ Navy personnel were inspecting a ship with the name NADA 2 that was involved in smuggling Iranian oil…

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Citigroup downgrades US stocks amid recession risks, upgrades Europe

(Reuters) -Citigroup on Monday downgraded U.S. stocks in anticipation of a pullback in growth stocks and a recession in the fourth quarter of the year, while betting on beaten-down counterparts in Europe with an upgrade. The brokerage cut its rating on U.S. stocks to “neutral” from “overweight”, following a strong rally in the first half…

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Hunger haunts Ethiopia’s Tigray region after years of war

By Dawit Endeshaw MEKELLE, Ethiopia (Reuters) – Curled up on a hospital bed in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, an emaciated little girl struggles to breathe, as her father softly strokes her gaunt face and her mother sits crying. Tsige Shishay, whose pink sweater reads “beautiful” on the front, is 10 years old but weighs just…

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